The WA Local Government Association says the poor participation rate in this weekend's elections could reignite debate over compulsory voting.
Only about 25 per cent of people have returned their postal votes for the 101 council elections being held this weekend.
Voters have until until 6:00pm to lodge their ballot papers.
The president of the association Bill Mitchell says normally the voter participation rate is around 40 per cent.
Mr Mitchell says the apparent disinterest could be put down to apathy or the fact people are tired of discussions about local government reform.
He says it could be time to introduce compulsory voting.
"It's probably a legitimate call, all other, well the other two tiers of government are on a compulsory basis and therefore why shouldn't local government," he said.
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